Mulberry Hexagonal Cabinet

Shosoin imperial treasures such as
“Red-Lacquered Keyaki Cabinet with Fine-Grain Pattern” and “Coromandel
Double-Dided Cabinet” are all tucked away safely in chests. It was Sogetsu
Maeda who used Mikurajima mulberry to make those cabinets and increased their
value. That spirit was inherited by his apprentices Suda Sogetsu, Sogetu’s son
Sosui (1910-79), and Kenji Suda (1954-) who became a living national treasure
for woodworking in 2014.